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Planning & Building Approval

Council has prepared a series of resources to help our customers with understanding how to make a development application. The Townsville City Plan and ePlanning portal can be found in Planning Guidelines and Tools.


Do I Need Approval?

Before you begin a project, it's important to find out if you need approval and learn about the different types of development applications.

The Development Application Process

How to prepare and lodge your development application, and the process that takes place once your application has been lodged.

Planning Guidelines and Tools

Access our ePlanning site and our planning scheme (City Plan), as well as our suite of information sheets to answer any additional questions you may have.

ePlanning

Access Council's ePlanning services to find out the rules that apply to your property and browse the Townsville City Plan (the local planning scheme).

Planning Services Development Activity Reports

View the most up to date statistics for planning and development in Townsville.

Priority Development Area (PDA)

Development within the Townsville City Waterfront PDA boundary is assessed against the Townsville City Waterfront PDA Development Scheme.

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